Bottle breaking device



Sept. 12, 1939. 1 BURC-3555 BOTTLE BREAKING DEVICE Filed June 27, 1938Patented Sept. 12, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottlebreaking devices.

In many instances it is desirable to destroy or break a bottle after thecontents thereof have been removed or used so that the bottle will notbe available for refilling with a similar or other liquid and theprimary object of this invention is to provide a device extremely simplein construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which may be usedwith complete safety against injury to the person breaking the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to. provide a bottle breakingdevice comprising a fabric hood adapted to enclose a bottle and carryingin the reduced neck portion thereof a handle bearing for a metallicplunger rod that is adapted to be dropped or forcibly moved downwardlythrough the bearing and fabric hood into engagement with the bottom ofthe bottle for breaking the latter, the hood being preferably of alength relative to the height of the bottle as to completely enclose thelatter and prevent the throwing of glass outwardly of the hood whilebreaking a bottle. y

With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a bottle breakingdevice constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing thecanvas bottle hood in flattened condition with a portion of the bottlebreaking plunger rod illustrated by dotted lines and extendingdownwardly through the center of the hood;

Figure 2 is an edge elevational view of the device shown in Figure 1,with the plunger rod partly elevated through the hood and the bearingtherefor carried by the neck of the hood;

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing the hoodcompletely enclosing a glass bottle with the plunger rod projectedthrough the bottom wall of the bottle; and

Figure 4 is aside elevational view partly broken away and in section ofa modified construction of bottle breaking plunger rod showing aremovable bottle breaking point at the lower end of the plunger rod.

The bottle breaking device is in the form of a hand tool and comprises ahood 5 of fabric, canvas or the like and of general bottle shape, beingopen at its lower end as at 6 with the upper end restricted in area at 1to provide a reduced neck portion 8.

A bottle breaking metallic plunger rod is associated with the hood 5 andcomprises a relatively short tubular bearing 9 having an annular 5groove I0 therein in which the reduced neck 8 of the hood 6 is suitablysecured, the tubular bearing 9 constituting a hand grip. The bottlebreaking device per se comprises a relatively long metallic rod IIslidable in the bearing 9 and carrying at its upper end an enlarged headI2 defining an annular shoulder I3 engageable with the upper end of thetubular bearing 9 for limiting downward movement of the plunger rod IIthrough the hood 5. 15

As shown in Figure 3, the hood 5 incloses the bottle B and the plungerrod II is illustrated as having been projected through the bottom of thebottle B to form an opening O therein or other- Wise break the bottom ofthe bottle. The neck N of the bottle B may be manually gripped at theupper restricted end l of the hood interiorly of the latter and theplunger rod II that is elevated through the tubular bearing 9 may begravitationally dropped or forcibly dropped to break the bottom out ofthe bottle B. With a structure of this character, glass broken from thebottle is confined by the lower end of the hood 5 to prevent injury tothe user of the bottle breaking device.

As shown in Figure 4, the plunger rod Ila slidable through the bearing9a and carrying the enlarged head I2a is provided upon its lower endwith a threaded socket I 4 for the removable reception of the screw stemI5 of a hardened conical metallic head I6 employed for breaking thebottle.

From the above detailed description of the invention, it is believedthat the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent andWhile there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments ofthe invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changesmay be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a bottle breaking device of the character described, a fabric hoodof a size to completely inclose a bottle and open at its lower end andhaving an upper restricted neck portion, a 50 tubular bearing coniinedin the neck portion with the lower end extending downwardly into thehood and the upper end projecting above the hood neck and a plunger rodslidable in the tubular bearing and adapted to be projected downwardlythrough the hood, said hood adapted to have a bottle placed therein intowhich the plunger rod moves for percussive engagement with the bottom ofthe bottle for breakage thereof.

2. In a bottle breaking device of the character described, a fabric hoodof a size to completely inclose a bottle and open at its lower end andhaving an upper restricted neck portion, a tubular bearing conned in theneck portion with the lower end extending downwardly into the Vhood andthe upper end projecting above the hood neck and a plunger rod slidablein the` tubular bearing and adapted to be projected downwardly throughthe hood, said hood adaptf ed to have a bottle placed therein into whichthe -plunger rod moves for percussive engagement portion of the hood isconned and a shoulder on the plunger rod engageable with the upper endof the tubular bearing for limiting downward movement of the rod.

3. In a bottle breaking device of the character described, an elongatedhood shaped to completely inclose a bottle and flexible to facilitategripping of a bottle confined therein, the hood being open at its lowerend, a restricted neck opening at the upper end of the hood, a tubularbearing confined in the neck opening with the bore thereof adapted toregister Withthe neck opening of a bottle confined in the hood and an ielongated plunger rod slidable in the bearing and of a length greaterthan the height of the bottle and adapted to be forcibly projectedthrough the bottom of the bottle for breaking the same.

LEE BURGESS.

